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Videos, media and more from the 2017 Ronde van Drenthe

Every year I’m excited for the Ronde van Drenthe, and it never fails to disappoint! Of course, having around 50km of live streams and all the great highlights from different sources makes it easy to love, but really, this course sets us up for exciting racing, even on a day with absolutely no wind.

It’s all about positioning, as the roads are very narrow, with tight corners, so the race to the major course obstacles are full-on sprints. And these obstacles are tough, too: the unique cobbled paths in the forests, with mossy and sharp-edged rocks, rather than well-laid cobbles, and the three ascents of the VAM-berg, and artificial hill entirely made from landfill (read about it in Rouleur). And while the rest of it is flat, it’s know for tactical attacking throughout the race, but especially through the last 20k.

This year was fantastic, nail-biting right to the finish. Here’s the videos – UCI highlights, last half hour, and full replay.

As always, if you see more media and videos, please do share, in the comments, or on twitter.

The next women’s WorldTour is the Trofeo Alfredo Binda on 19th March, which will have some fixed cameras on the finish-line, for semi-live footage, and should have around 45 minutes of highlights on RAI Sport later in the day – I’ll put a guide to following the race up during the week.

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